Right Wing Watch

LEFT BIAS

These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.

Overall, we rate Right Wing Watch Left Biased based on story selection and editorial positions that favor the left. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting due to proper sourcing and failing one fact check.

Detailed Report

Right Wing Watch keeps track of a variety of organizations, but the groups they track do tend to be conservative extremists in one regard or another. According to their about page “Right Wing Watch is a project of People For the American Way (PFAW) dedicated to monitoring and exposing the activities and rhetoric of right-wing activists and organizations in order to expose their extreme agenda.” Adele M. Stan is the research director.

Right Wing Watch is a project of the People For the American Way (PFAW), which is a progressive advocacy group in the United States. “Organized as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization, PFAW was registered in 1981 by the television producer Norman Lear. PFAW was founded in opposition to the publicized agenda of the Moral Majority, a formerly prominent and influential American political organization associated with the Christian right.” Funding is derived from donations to the People For the American Way.

None to date. In fact, Right Wing Watch is frequently used as a reliable source for IFCN fact checkers.

Overall, we rate Right Wing Watch Left Biased based on story selection and editorial positions that favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information and a clean fact check record. (5/15/2016) Update (D. Van Zandt 5/04/2020)

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